Ok so theres no XT550 thread I thought I'd toss my XT here.
Don't mind the oil, I took this while figuring out the oil problem, it had 6 qts of oil/gas mixture in the crankcase.
She's got a whole 6430 miles on her. New tires, from the PO Cheng Shin trials front and rear, figured I'd wear them out before going shopping for new ones.